[Frugalware-security] [ FSA-441 ] kernel

[Miklos Vajna]

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Frugalware Security Advisory                           FSA-441

Date: 2008-05-05
Package: kernel
Vulnerable versions: <= 2.6.24-3
Unaffected versions: >= 2.6.24-4kalgan1
Related bugreport: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/3050
CVE: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1375

Description
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A vulnerability has been reported in the Linux kernel, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially gain escalated privileges.
A race condition error exists in the dnotify subsystem between calls to "fcntl()" and "close()". This can be exploited to cause a system crash or potentially gain root privileges.

Updated Packages
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Check if you have kernel installed:

	# pacman-g2 -Q kernel

If found, then you should upgrade to the latest version:

	# pacman-g2 -Sy kernel

Availability
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The latest revision of this advisory is available at
http://frugalware.org/security/441

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